Lightwells

The Montessori Children's House is a small family run school expanding to accommodate future growth. The school follows a pedagogy of respecting self, respecting others, and respecting the environment.


Open classrooms offer flexibility to support a variety of group sizes were generated by ideas of cross-pollination, community and scale found in one room school houses. The building turns to face the sun, and features large lightwells that bring sunlight deep into the building.